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Actors: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Goodfellas |
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All Henry Hill ever wanted to be was a gangster. He joins the mob, becomes a centrifugal figure in his crime organization and goes through decades of crime, incarceration, and drug trafficking before finally ending his career as a gangster.
--charles, Resident Scholar
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The movie follows Ray Liotta's characters from his childhood spent with the fascination generated by the gangsters' lavishing lifestyle to his choice of becoming a gangster himself and the following rise and fall (arrest, loss of money, power, wife). The movie is also a portrait of a mafioso gang between the 60s' and the 80s'.
--Massimo Moretti, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Goodfellas |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- one man's rise in a criminal organization
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (man) average build
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
- in awe
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
- A huge amnt of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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